On-site comparison of the OSHA 47, Asset EZ4-NCO, Iso-Chek, DAN, and CIP10 methods for measuring methylene diphenyl diisocyanate (MDI) at an oriented-strand board (OSB) factory
| Autor: | Simon Aubin, Mark Spence, Sébastien Gagné, Philippe Sarazin, Jacques Lesage, Livain Breau, El Mekki Hamdi, Audrey Joly |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Air sampling
Methylene diphenyl diisocyanate Air Pollutants Occupational 010501 environmental sciences medicine.disease_cause 01 natural sciences 03 medical and health sciences chemistry.chemical_compound 0302 clinical medicine Manufacturing and Industrial Facilities medicine Particle Size 0105 earth and related environmental sciences Construction Materials Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health medicine.disease Pulp and paper industry Wood 030210 environmental & occupational health Oriented strand board Air Filters chemistry Method comparison Factory (object-oriented programming) Irritation Occupational asthma Environmental Monitoring Isocyanates |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene. 17:560-573 |
| ISSN: | 1545-9632 1545-9624 |
| Popis: | Diisocyanates are occupational contaminants and known sensitizers causing irritation (skin and respiratory tract) as well as occupational asthma. Because of their physicochemical properties (semi-volatile and high reactivity) and low occupational limits, diisocyanate exposure evaluation is still a challenge nowadays for industrial hygienists and laboratories. The objective of this study was to compare the methylene diphenyl diisocyanate (MDI) concentrations measured by five methods using different collection or derivatization approaches in an oriented-strand board (OSB) factory. The methods used were: OSHA 47 (filter, 1-(2-pyridyl)piperazine) (OSHA), Asset EZ4-NCO (denuder and filter, dibutylamine) (Asset), Iso-Chek (double-filter, 9-(N-methylaminomethyl) anthracene and 1,2-methoxyphenylpiperazine), DAN (filter, 1,8-diaminonaphthalene), and CIP10 (centrifugation, 1,2-methoxyphenylpiperazine). Real-time monitoring of particle concentration and size distribution was performed to explain the potential bias between methods. The comparison study was performed over 3 consecutive days, generating at least 18 replicates for each of the 5 methods. The results of each methods were compared using linear mixed effect modeling. Compared to Asset, which yielded the highest concentrations overall, the OSHA method provided the smallest bias with -18% (95% CI [-61;24]) (not significant) for MDI monomer and the DAN method provided the smallest bias with -30 (95% CI [-70;9]) (not significant) for Total Reactive Isocyanate Group (TRIG). The CIP10 and Iso-Chek methods provided the largest biases for MDI monomer (-83% (95% CI [-115;-51]) and -78% (95% CI [-110;-46]), respectively) as well as for TRIG (-87% (95% CI [-120;-55]) and -75% (95% CI [-107;-44]), respectively). The underestimations of the CIP10 and Iso-Chek were explained by its inefficient sampling principle for fines particles and the use of a non-impregnated filter to collect aerosol MDI, respectively. This study confirms that impregnated filter, including denuding device such as the Asset EZ4-NCO sampler, collects the MDI-coated wood particles and MDI vapor with similar efficiency. It also demonstrates for the first time in this type of MDI emission a significant agreement for TRIG concentration between the DAN method in the impregnated filter configuration and an international standard one such as Asset. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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